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Join Merlin as he is thrown into a brand-new world where he is given the purpose of killing so called 'Magic beast' by a mysterious entity that also grants him a system, a system of tanks "Love may conquer all, but a German long 8.8 cm tank gun comes pretty close too!" - Merlin

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5 - Centaur Sharman

Merlin woke with a set, he had not been dreaming, his sleep was empty of dreams, both from the past and the future, this didn't disturb Merlin the least, not after the whole poison episode, Merlin looked at his right arm, specifically at the cut he had on it, it was healing nicely as if the whole poison episode had been some kind of bad dream, he sighed before he spoke

"Good morning…"

Naturally, there was no response, after all, he was surrounded by the androids inside the Puma he was sleeping in, it was more of a self-greeting than anything else, something to get his mind into gear, Merlin quickly climbed out of the Puma before he went down to the river and washed his face, then he pulled a self-heating MRE out of his inventory and added some water before he put it down on the ground, then he asked the system

"How many points do I have at the moment?"

[Ding! 511 points are currently available]

"Hmm…"

Merlin nodded before he ate the MRE, this one was a curry with rice, then he threw the wrappings into his inventory before he looked over at the 20 Pumas that were parked in a defensive position and spoke

"Alright… Let's roll"

Jean was in despair, she would have bitten her own tongue and killed herself if not for the rope gag that was tired in her mouth, she had been part of the frontier city Helia's finest adventure parties that had set out west on an expedition into the unknown, she had been naive about the whole situation, in reality, they all had been naive, but who could blame them for letting their guard down after crossing the forest of death with minimal casualties, who could have foreseen that they would run into a whole village of Centaurs on the other side of the forest? Anyway, the spell casters that came from the academy had run at the first sign of trouble

'That's all in the past now…'

Jean had over the 4 days she had been captured seen her friends been taken from the prison where they were being kept in the evenings, then later heard their cries of pain as they were either sacrificed to the pagan demon gods the Centaurs or eaten alive by the savage monsters, she had given up praying for a miracle by now, she was the only one left in the prison and knew it would be her turn this evening, perhaps as a final hope of being saved she wished

'Oh, merciful goddess of creation, at least let my death be a swift one…'

[Ding! Emergency quest received: Rescue the prisoner of the Centaur camp]

Merlin thought for a moment that he had heard wrongly before he then realized what the system had just said

"A prisoner? A human being!"

Merlin's head went into overdrive for a few moments before he calmed himself down and asked the system

"Are there rewards for completing an emergency quest?"

[Ding! Yes, though the rewards are hidden until the competition or failure of the quest, there is no penalty for failing, however]

"Hmm… In that case, I need to change my tactics a bit…"

Merlin had originally planned to just shell the Centaur village from a distance in the evening with the sun in their back, but now that there was a human being in the midst he could not use such a careless tactic

"Hmm… System, can you tell me where this prisoner is located?"

[Ding! Enable quest overlay?]

"...Yes?"

Merlin blinked once and now there was an 'overlay' that was floating in his vision, in the distance were a marker that said 'prisoner' as well as a timer under the marker that read 02:00:31 and 12km, Merlin assumed that it was the time the prisoner had left and narrowed his eyes slightly before he muttered

"This is going to be tough... Better make sure I have insurance… Although I would have loved to save my points… Oh well they are there to be spent"

Merlin was currently on his way towards the Centaur village in a convoy of 20 Pumas, as previously planned they arrived in the vicinity of the Centaur village around the evening…

Jean saw her death approaching when a Centaur entered the tent that was her prison, it looked at her indefinitely before it walked over and poked her a few times with the butt of its spear to confirm that she was still breathing when she let out a grunt it let out an excited horse-like yell before it quickly grabbed her by the ropes binding her wrists and ankles together, the ropes dug into her wrists and ankles when the Centaur lifted her up, the pain reminded her that she was still alive and for a moment the will to resist sprouted in her mind, though it was quickly put down again when she remembered the Centaur Sharman that had destroyed their formation single-handedly and captured so many of her friends, herself included, that was a monster that she had no hopes in beating

'It's no use…'

The Centaur dragged her outside the tent and quickly entered the middle of the village where it once again let out a horse-like yell which made the other Centaurs quickly gather, then Jean was quickly placed on a sacrificial altar before the Centaurs formed a circle around the altar and kneeled down before they began 'chanting' as a big tent nearby opened up and a Centaur nearly 3 meters tall stepped out of it, it wore a necklace of bloody human skulls, some of which were newly harvested, the Centaur Sharman walked over and stood in front of the altar as it took out a rusty sacrificial knife and began chanting like the others as it closed its eyes in focus, a few moments of chanting continued before a strange sound came from the direction of the setting sun like tens of beasts growling, the Centaurs all looked in that direction with alertness, then it happened. A hacking sound, like that of a woodpecker hitting wood with its beak sounded out, then came low thunder before a few of the tents around the center of the camp exploded, the Centaur Sharman let out a roar and raised its staff and waved it from side to side before it began to shine in a red light, the skull on the tip of the staff lit up before a strange red light enveloped the other Centaurs that then let out roars of fury before they charged in the direction of the low thunder…

"That sure pissed them off!"

Merlin commented from the turret of his command vehicle that was further back in the formation while looking through his binoculars down at the village that had come alive like an anthill that had just been stepped on, he commanded the Puma's mentally as they charged into the Centaur village, inside his head he could 'see' and 'hear' the soundings of each one of the Pumas as he meticulously controlled them to avoid friendly fire as the advanced deeper into the village with cannons, autocannons and machine guns blazing, soon Merlin laid eyes on some strange looking Centaur's that seemed to be shining with a strange red light, Merlin took no changes and stopped the advance before he tested the effectiveness of the MG-42 on the strange Centaurs, one of the Puma's opened up with its MG-42 and strafed the strange Centaur's that came charging, however, it proved to be of little effect as it kept charging forwards, even with multiple bullet holes in its upper body

"Shit must be some sort of black magic, pull back! Open up with the 20mm's, fire the 50mm's prioritize the strange Centaurs!"

The Pumas quickly changed gears and began reversing as they opened up with all that they got, a few moments later the strange-looking group of Centaur's was all dealt with, then came a roar from deeper within the village and with it the ground under one of the Puma's suddenly rumbled before a mess of thorny vines shot up and quickly bund the Puma before the thorny vines crushed the chassis of the tank and detonating the ammunition storage with a loud boom the Puma exploded

[Ding! HIdden quest completed: Lose a tank to monsters 1. Reward: salvage ability granted]

"Shit! Pull out, now!"

From within the village came another roar before another thorny group of vines shot up from the ground below another Puma, luckily the Puma was not caught as it was in full reverse, then a figure emerged from the center of the village along with a flock of Centaurs, the figure was a Centaur that was around 3 meters tall with a necklace with human skulls as well as a staff that glowed with an ominous aura, Merlin narrowed his eyes slightly and clapped the turret of the command vehicle he was sitting on as he spoke

"Bertra, you're up! Load Armor piercing!"

Bertra was the name of the newly purchased 'Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf E' Or as it was better known as, the Tiger 1 which was a German heavy tank used in world war 2, the Tiger 1 was a little over 6 meters and 30 centimeters long, 3 and a half meter wide and 3 meters high, it was equipped with the famed German 8.8 cm KwK 36 cannon which was capable of taking out allied tanks at a range of 1.500 meters

'Maybe this is a little bit overkill… No, he killed Doc, he has to die now!'

"Give me gun control!"

Merlin took over the sight of the Tiger 1's gun and aimed the armor-piercing shell right in the middle of the Centaur's head that was about 600 meters away before he yelled

"FIRE!"

A roar sounded out as the Tiger 1's 88mm Main gun sent a shell flying, an instance later the armor-piercing shell hit an invisible barrier around the tall Centaur which the shell easily penetrated before it turned the Centaur's head into a paste as the shell hit the ground behind the Centaur it exploded and blasted the carcass of the Centaur forwards a few meters before it fell to the ground, the other Centaurs quickly reacted by fleeing in the opposite direction of the tank group, Merlin showed a smile and commanded

"Hunt them down!"

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